Protection vs Wilmore

A side-by-side comparison of Protection and Wilmore: population, income, housing, and more.

Protection and Wilmore are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Protection has the higher population (504 vs 37 in Wilmore). Wilmore has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $63,676 in Protection). Wilmore has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $55,900 in Protection).

Population, income & housing

	Protection	Wilmore
Population	504	37
Median age	47.6 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,676	$70,417
Median home value	$55,900	$60,000
Median gross rent	$475	—
Housing units	292	32
Homeownership rate	77.7%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Protection	Wilmore
Population	340 → 504 (+48.2%)	40 → 37 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $63,676 (+54.4%)	$44,792 → $70,417 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$57,100 → $55,900 (-2.1%)	$55,000 → $60,000 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$361 → $475 (+31.6%)	—

Protection

Population

340504

Median household income

$41,250$63,676

Median home value

$57,100$55,900

Median gross rent

$361$475

Wilmore

Population

4037

Median household income

$44,792$70,417

Median home value

$55,000$60,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Protection	Wilmore
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	2.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	24.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	21.6%
75 and over	16.7%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Protection	Wilmore
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Protection	Wilmore
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Protection	Wilmore
Drove alone	89.0%	86.4%
Carpooled	0.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Protection	Wilmore
1-unit, detached	86.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Protection	Wilmore
Poverty rate	9.1%	29.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1948	1938